Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 1997 handover agreement had promised Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy and remain unchanged for 50 years, a ...

Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 after more than 150 years of British rule. This video explains how that transition ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Hong Kong this week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule and swear in its handpicked new leader, John ...

Hong Kong on July 1 will mark its 25th anniversary under Chinese rule. The financial hub returned to China from Britain in 1997, with promises of wide-ranging freedoms and autonomy under "one country, ...

The Hong Kong handover ceremony began on the rain-soaked evening of 30 June 1997, after a banquet for 4,000 dignitaries.Chris Patten, the 28th and final British governor of Hong Kong, addressed the ...

A Hong Kong opposition activist was jailed for 40 months on Wednesday after the city's first sedition trial since its handover from British to Chinese rule nearly 25 years ago. HONG KONG, April 20 ...

Cultural exchanges in both directions have been created via new infrastructure, rail routes and flights, but also organically ...

On Sunday, Hong Kong's legislative elections saw a voter turnout of just 30.2 percent, the lowest voter turnout since 1997, when Britain handed the city over to China. The low voter engagement came as ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested a 24-year-old man at the airport early on Thursday on suspicion of stabbing and wounding an officer during a demonstration against a new national ...